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The Daily journal-herald. (Delaware, Ohio), 1919-09-29

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THE DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD
THE JOTONS ______' J) BECEIVES THE F.LL UNITED PRESS WISE HEWS REPORTS
■or1' > 14J • t
W HATH Kit—Rain tonight. Tuesday cooler and generally fair.
DELAWARE, OBIO, MONDAY EVES ING, SEPTEMBER OB, 1910
VOLUME 77 NO. 185
-•RICE TEN CENTS PER WSLSBX.
10 LYNCH MAYOR
!_'....
.. OMEN WILL INVESTIGATE FOOD CONDITIONS IN GERMANY
•— -*%)_.,
F
LI
ARE CALLED OUI:
I
Omaha, Sept. __».—Major General
Leonard Wood today telegraphed
Mayor Edward Smith that he was
•enroute to Omaha to take personal
charge of regular army troops who
are attempting to quell race riots.
General Wood stated that he had
ordered additional troops from
Camp Grant, 111 , and Camp Funston,
Kansas to entrain at once for Omaha.
.Wood will arrive Tuesday morn-
ibg
That the riot spirit which broke
out Sunday afternoon still prevails,
■was indicated by numerous street
fights today between negroes and
whites.
Troops in the heart of the negro
district were fired upon by negroes
today. They returned the fire but
ro one was Injured.
Officials are fearful that race rioting on a large scale will break out
again tonight.
• ______, N. n., Sept. 29.—Martial
law was declared in Omaha today.
Sixteen soldiers patrolled the streets.
Machine un.. were mounted in the
vicinity of the court house and in
the negro district. Mobs mad dispersed and the situation appeared under
control of the soldiers. Summed up
■results of 18 hours of riot rule in
Omaha, follows:
Will Brown, negro, identified by
Agnes Laoeback. 19, as the man who
assualted her. lynched and his body
burned.
Francis Clancy, shot and killed
and fifty others injured.
Mayor Edward P. Smith in a serious condition at a hospital suffering
from injuries inflicted by the mob.
Douglas County's court house, newly built at a cost of $1,500,000 in
ruins from fire.
Mayor Smith, narrowly escaped the
fate of the negro when he defied the
mob. His last words, mumbled while
..imost unconscious from beatings he
had received and with the rope
-iround his neck were:
"I will give my life if necessary but
I'll not surrender the negro. I'm
Koing to enforce the law."
The mayor's life was saved when
the rope was cut from around his
neck while he was being lifted from
the ground.
The mayor was rushed to a hospital in a passing automobile. Physicians said this morning that his condition was critical, but that he would
probably recover. From six o'clock
last night until troops arrived this
morning, the mob was in control of
the town. Men, women and children
filling the streets around the court
house went wild. Pawn shops and
hardware stores were looted to obtain lire arms and ammunition. Every policeman on the streets were
overpowered, their clubs taken from
them and many seriously beaten.
Sheriff Michael Clark and his deputies successfully held (lhe crowd,
howling for the negros life, at bay
until the court house was set afire.
Gasoline was poured on the first floor
and torch applied Police extinguished this, but the mob obtained more
gasoline and soon flames were shooting from the first, second and third
etory windows while the crowd howled with glee. The jail waa on the
fifth floor. Sheriff Clark took his
prisoner to the rooff In an effort to
escape the heat from the burning
.building Nearly a hundred prisoners i.egged the sheriff to turn over
the negro io placate the mob's fury,
• in order that they might he saved.
'The Sheriff refused.
Snippers from the mol. were sent
I to the roofs of nearby buildings and
fired on the little group huddled on
the roof of the court house. When
| flames reached the ffourth floor, firemen arrived on the scene. They were
(immediately overpowered and their
I ladders taken from them. Clark was
I forced to surrender his prisoner who
was taken down a ladder.
The mob tore every stitch of
! clothing from the black's body as
i soon as he was seized. The noose
was adjusted around his neck and his
| body hoisted about six feet from the
'ground when shotguns and revolvers
were turned loose into it.
After members of the crowd took
the body down they tied it to a po-
jllce patrol wagon which Aey had
'taken from officers, and dragged It
[through the principal streets and the
negro district Later tbey threw it
iinto the Are which other members of
the mob had pifcpared. Kerosene and
'gasoline were poured on a large number of railroad ties and other lumber,
.and the body was tossed on the blaze.
More lumber was heaped on t'.e blaze.
,A crowd esitmated at 3,000 men,
(women and children saw the body
burn. Many pushed near the funeral
pyre in an effort to get pieces of
the body for souvenirs. The rioters
stopped automobiles and took gaso-
.line from the tanks to pour onto
'the blaze.
Thirty-one men were arrested by
police in collection with the rioting.
All were found to be carrying guns
and ammunition and are being held
I without bail.
I Light sentences imposed on
negroes fonnd guilty of attacking
•white women is given by police as
MOBILIZED: READY
FOR ACTION
Columbus Ohio, Sept 2H. The
Ohio National Guard was mobilized
today and 'ready for any . .nergen-
ey, ' It va i.eiived the order to assemble the guard, which vvas issued
bj Gov. Co.. late yesterday i.a ■ reply
to the threat to march into West Virginia today to force a strike of steel
'■"orkers at Weirton.
Gov. Corn .veil. V.' "■' . ■:< Bed
Oot. Cox, he would consider any such
i as ,-..n attack on the soereignty
of West Virgina.
Akron. O . Sept. 2it.—Company
I!" Captnia Cola and headquarter^
company Captain Dan Webster, are
under arms at 'he armory awaiting
orders trom Gov Cox move to Steu-
rille. Tin- two companies have
' onl i1'11 men. many of whom saw
terrtae la the Argonne forest and
St. Millie] region in France. Capt
Cole's original company lost forty
men in the orerseat fighting
I,
Athens O.. Sept. 29 — "L" company of the Ohio national guard re-
eeived word late Sunday evening to
prepare themselves for active dutv.
-ind are being mobilized today.
Allentown, Pa.. Sept. 29.—Approximately fifteen per cent of the employes of the Bethlehem Steel com-
paaj at South Bethelehem failed to
report to work this morning, it is
estimated by police authorities. There
aa no disorder whatever
10
E
The inten_at___aal
pee at school children in iioriia («_c>t_b__. •->"-'"•
the reason for the mob taking the
Taw into its own hands.
There have been forty attacks on
I women in Omaha and Council Bluffs
In the last two months. Public sen-
jtiment against negroes has been
steadily increasing.
In Council Bluffs several hundred
returned soldiers formed a vigllence
committee and patrolled streets all
r-igi-t for several weeks
and his deputies fought a grim battle
of hours to save Brown from those
who clamored for his life, but at 11
o'clock, with the cries of the 100 or
more prisoners on the top floor of
the jail ringing in his ears, he was
compelled to surrender his prisoner.
Is Quickly Strung Up.
The latter was hustled to an electric light pole and hanged.
Trapped by the Blaze
For hours it was not known whether
Sheriff Clark and the prisoners were
alive or dead. There was no way
to get word in or out of the building.
Some faces, supposed to be tho.-e
cf deputies could occasionally be discerned through the obscuring smoke
at the windows and from time to
time the cries of the jai! prisoners
now imprisoned as well by flame and
smoke could be heard above the
shouts and cries of the mob.
Sheriff Clark i.s believed to have
surrendered Brown only when the
threat of death to his deputies lr-
came too menacing.
With this dispersal of the mob after the lynching, firemen were able
to get water on the flames, which it
was reported, were checked at the
flourth floor one story below the jail.
Washington. Sept. 29.—"President Ihis tour His idea apparently was
Wilson had a restless night but is I to finish his drive for ratification in
sleeping this morning, a bulletin'such a manner that world wide attention would be riviteed
issued by Dr. Gary T. Grayson, the
president's physician said today.
be riviteed on it, returning to Washington primed for a
"show down" on occeptance or rejection of the treaty. Illness prevented this climax. It was considered likely today he would take the
By Kl>. !_. kKEEL.
'(I'nited I .-ess Stall ("orre^pondaMit.)
I London, Sep! S9. Lr-ai Bid' tin
a nation with out transport?.t_ in. < ..'-
pected today that the next 48 houl
j would prove the most critical period
of the railway sli ike. Today aud tomorrow, it was believed, would sho »
v nether tha walkout would be i rokea
soon, or whether the nation would
have to face a long siege.
While all the strikers readily accepted the opportunity- for ■ wa^ok-
end holida. , it was beHered today
that many of them were becoming
disheartened over the public's no Mi-
Omaha, Sept. 29. — A lynching,
which developed many characteristics of a race riot, held this city terrorized for nine hours yesterday.
Several other persons are said to
have been killed. Some were injured.
An attempt to lynch Mayor Edward P. Smith was made by the mob
and he received serious injuries.
A rope was thrown around his
neck and he was violently pulled
twice before two police officers succeeded in cutting the rope and get-
i ting him into an automobile and
away from the mob.
The riot centered ahout the new
.county court house building, which
! was set on fire in the offers to reach
William Brown, a negro charged with
[attacking Agnee I.obect. a white girl,
, a few daya ago.
Many negroes were attacked and
beaten in the etreets.
With the flames mounting steadily
Ifrom floor to floor Sheriff Mike Clark
l. H. H0LZM1LLER
IS STR ICKEH FRESH MEN
-.aid were likely to resume work
The completeness of the govern-
| meat's plans has surprised the strik-
ers
The most disqueting feature of the
situation today was the posibility of;
a sympathetic strike by the transport federation, which will meet tonight. It is feared action may be
taken to join the dock workers' union in a general walkout.
The seamen's and firemen'.', union.
voting aeainst I strike, has declared
i' will remain loyal to the nation
ian.l iefea_»__M machinations of "the
iBolsheviki and hot-heads of the in
'dustrial world."
Only members of the president's
immediate family are permitted to
jsoe him. All appointments have been
cancelled and no others will be made, j first opportunity to make use of his
aceordlag to Secretary Tumulty. prize arguments by the issuance of
Dr. Grayson sai.J it is undecided , this statement,
i whether the president will leave | There was much talk today of the
! Washington to rest at some other j industrial conference scheduled for
plaee .October C. either being called off or
rcstponed.
Bf HIGH r, .M.I.IK Wilson's still holding to his posi-
(Cnited Platte Staff OssaasaeemSe nt.) .tion that the industrial situation can-
Washington. Sept. 29.—President |not permanently be stabilized and
Wilson, as soon as his health permits, ifood prices and taxes reduced until
is expected to issue a statement con- peace is established by treaty rat
taining f number of arguments for ification.
iratiflcatlon of the peace treaty which As soon as Dr Grayson permits,
bis break-down prevented him from | Wilson is expected to receive Gener
, making in speeches at Little Rock a! Pershing at the White House. He
;City, Memphis aad Louisville. lalso wants to see Cardinal Mercier
Before be became ill. it wa? learn- , The president expects to be sullied that he had "something up his ciently recovered to meet the king
sleeve—that he was saving ammuni- of the Belgians, and the prince of
tion for the concluding addresses of, wales in about a month.
The many friends of Mr L. H
Holzmiller of South Union street,
will be sorry to learn that he suffered a stroke of paralysis early on
Monday morning and is seriously ill.
The stroke affected his right side.
Mr Holzmiller has been in frail
health for some time but had been
able to go aouut and when he retired Sunday night seemed in his us-
iual health. When Mrs. Holzmiller
went to his bedside at about 5 o'clock Monday morning she found
that he had been stricken with paralysis. Hts condition Monday afternoon was reported to be as comfortable as coald be expected and
his host of friends are hoping for
i his speedy recovery.
1
HI in. m
The freshman "get together"
meeting at Kdwards gymnasium
was more spirited ana enjoyable
than any previous affair of the kind.
The size of the present freshman
class and their undeniable spirit
contributed not a little to this. The
usual progressive, grand march performed its ancient function of getting everyone acquainted and putting a body of almost complete
stranger son the basis of old ac
quaintance. Ruth Rodehavar sang j
several songs by request. "I'm For-;
ever Blowing Bubbles" and several,
others Several vaudeville per-!
fairmers from Columbus entertained
uproariously. Metzner of the oratory department gave several read-,
ings which were well received and
the inevitable "eats" concluded a
very enjoy ble evening. Freshmen:
at this affair became very well ac-'
'quainted indeed and those who be-,
came acquainted with this year's!
freshmen were all of the opinion!
itl.at our "yearlings" of 1923 are1
among the best wljo have been wel-j
corned to Wesleyan>s halls.
KIWANIS CLUB
MEETS TUES.
t-elr. bring him with >ou. Then notify the secretary.
Secretary Hughes of Columbus
writes that there will be eight or
ten members of the Columbus club
up to join in the festivities
hm _;ti:k\ ihi. from kirks
The Kiwanis club of Delaware
will hold a three ring meeting at Co_a___*_J O.. Sept 29.—Fourteen
,,.,___, . persons in Ohio died from fire and
the Allen hotel Tuesday evening at .
a were injured during August, ac-
6:15. This is expected to be ,.ori}jng to State Fire Marshal T.
the largest meeting in attendance oil in fire, carrying a lighted lan-
sir.ee vacation season is over, as it tern close to a wrecked gasoline car.
g ves every member an opportunity Us;n_r a lighted match to see how
to attend. much gasoline was in the auto tank.
"Dick" Bing and "Prexy" Hoff- and filling a lighted gasoline stove
man will be the speakers, while nceoaat for four of the deaths
Chairman Chas. Evans will give his
report and recommendations for the
fall festivities. "Jim" Driver, who
.... sells Insurance and looks after the
public safety of the city is expected *
The current issue of The Pet to give away several season tickets ♦
Stock Journal is in onr hands. We for tne world series between Cin-.»
jcbs.rve Mr. Frank Leake has an ar- *rlnnati and Ch-<-»*0 [♦
I.. f* . ... . „. . „ It is going to be a hot time, real!
tide in this issue tell.ng about the1 , . ,,, 2
i music and regular stunts will hi
I big convention in Cleveland recent-, pulled off. B you have a spe<,ialj
liy 'friend and want him to enjoy him-; I
♦ ♦
* a * *
COURT HOUSE
a * *
* * *
Rtatl K-sIhi.- Transfers.
Agnes R. Ginn to Trustees
. lot in Delaware. $1.
O W.

THE DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD
THE JOTONS ______' J) BECEIVES THE F.LL UNITED PRESS WISE HEWS REPORTS
■or1' > 14J • t
W HATH Kit—Rain tonight. Tuesday cooler and generally fair.
DELAWARE, OBIO, MONDAY EVES ING, SEPTEMBER OB, 1910
VOLUME 77 NO. 185
-•RICE TEN CENTS PER WSLSBX.
10 LYNCH MAYOR
!_'....
.. OMEN WILL INVESTIGATE FOOD CONDITIONS IN GERMANY
•— -*%)_.,
F
LI
ARE CALLED OUI:
I
Omaha, Sept. __».—Major General
Leonard Wood today telegraphed
Mayor Edward Smith that he was
•enroute to Omaha to take personal
charge of regular army troops who
are attempting to quell race riots.
General Wood stated that he had
ordered additional troops from
Camp Grant, 111 , and Camp Funston,
Kansas to entrain at once for Omaha.
.Wood will arrive Tuesday morn-
ibg
That the riot spirit which broke
out Sunday afternoon still prevails,
■was indicated by numerous street
fights today between negroes and
whites.
Troops in the heart of the negro
district were fired upon by negroes
today. They returned the fire but
ro one was Injured.
Officials are fearful that race rioting on a large scale will break out
again tonight.
• ______, N. n., Sept. 29.—Martial
law was declared in Omaha today.
Sixteen soldiers patrolled the streets.
Machine un.. were mounted in the
vicinity of the court house and in
the negro district. Mobs mad dispersed and the situation appeared under
control of the soldiers. Summed up
■results of 18 hours of riot rule in
Omaha, follows:
Will Brown, negro, identified by
Agnes Laoeback. 19, as the man who
assualted her. lynched and his body
burned.
Francis Clancy, shot and killed
and fifty others injured.
Mayor Edward P. Smith in a serious condition at a hospital suffering
from injuries inflicted by the mob.
Douglas County's court house, newly built at a cost of $1,500,000 in
ruins from fire.
Mayor Smith, narrowly escaped the
fate of the negro when he defied the
mob. His last words, mumbled while
..imost unconscious from beatings he
had received and with the rope
-iround his neck were:
"I will give my life if necessary but
I'll not surrender the negro. I'm
Koing to enforce the law."
The mayor's life was saved when
the rope was cut from around his
neck while he was being lifted from
the ground.
The mayor was rushed to a hospital in a passing automobile. Physicians said this morning that his condition was critical, but that he would
probably recover. From six o'clock
last night until troops arrived this
morning, the mob was in control of
the town. Men, women and children
filling the streets around the court
house went wild. Pawn shops and
hardware stores were looted to obtain lire arms and ammunition. Every policeman on the streets were
overpowered, their clubs taken from
them and many seriously beaten.
Sheriff Michael Clark and his deputies successfully held (lhe crowd,
howling for the negros life, at bay
until the court house was set afire.
Gasoline was poured on the first floor
and torch applied Police extinguished this, but the mob obtained more
gasoline and soon flames were shooting from the first, second and third
etory windows while the crowd howled with glee. The jail waa on the
fifth floor. Sheriff Clark took his
prisoner to the rooff In an effort to
escape the heat from the burning
.building Nearly a hundred prisoners i.egged the sheriff to turn over
the negro io placate the mob's fury,
• in order that they might he saved.
'The Sheriff refused.
Snippers from the mol. were sent
I to the roofs of nearby buildings and
fired on the little group huddled on
the roof of the court house. When
| flames reached the ffourth floor, firemen arrived on the scene. They were
(immediately overpowered and their
I ladders taken from them. Clark was
I forced to surrender his prisoner who
was taken down a ladder.
The mob tore every stitch of
! clothing from the black's body as
i soon as he was seized. The noose
was adjusted around his neck and his
| body hoisted about six feet from the
'ground when shotguns and revolvers
were turned loose into it.
After members of the crowd took
the body down they tied it to a po-
jllce patrol wagon which Aey had
'taken from officers, and dragged It
[through the principal streets and the
negro district Later tbey threw it
iinto the Are which other members of
the mob had pifcpared. Kerosene and
'gasoline were poured on a large number of railroad ties and other lumber,
.and the body was tossed on the blaze.
More lumber was heaped on t'.e blaze.
,A crowd esitmated at 3,000 men,
(women and children saw the body
burn. Many pushed near the funeral
pyre in an effort to get pieces of
the body for souvenirs. The rioters
stopped automobiles and took gaso-
.line from the tanks to pour onto
'the blaze.
Thirty-one men were arrested by
police in collection with the rioting.
All were found to be carrying guns
and ammunition and are being held
I without bail.
I Light sentences imposed on
negroes fonnd guilty of attacking
•white women is given by police as
MOBILIZED: READY
FOR ACTION
Columbus Ohio, Sept 2H. The
Ohio National Guard was mobilized
today and 'ready for any . .nergen-
ey, ' It va i.eiived the order to assemble the guard, which vvas issued
bj Gov. Co.. late yesterday i.a ■ reply
to the threat to march into West Virginia today to force a strike of steel
'■"orkers at Weirton.
Gov. Corn .veil. V.' "■' . ■:< Bed
Oot. Cox, he would consider any such
i as ,-..n attack on the soereignty
of West Virgina.
Akron. O . Sept. 2it.—Company
I!" Captnia Cola and headquarter^
company Captain Dan Webster, are
under arms at 'he armory awaiting
orders trom Gov Cox move to Steu-
rille. Tin- two companies have
' onl i1'11 men. many of whom saw
terrtae la the Argonne forest and
St. Millie] region in France. Capt
Cole's original company lost forty
men in the orerseat fighting
I,
Athens O.. Sept. 29 — "L" company of the Ohio national guard re-
eeived word late Sunday evening to
prepare themselves for active dutv.
-ind are being mobilized today.
Allentown, Pa.. Sept. 29.—Approximately fifteen per cent of the employes of the Bethlehem Steel com-
paaj at South Bethelehem failed to
report to work this morning, it is
estimated by police authorities. There
aa no disorder whatever
10
E
The inten_at___aal
pee at school children in iioriia («_c>t_b__. •->"-'"•
the reason for the mob taking the
Taw into its own hands.
There have been forty attacks on
I women in Omaha and Council Bluffs
In the last two months. Public sen-
jtiment against negroes has been
steadily increasing.
In Council Bluffs several hundred
returned soldiers formed a vigllence
committee and patrolled streets all
r-igi-t for several weeks
and his deputies fought a grim battle
of hours to save Brown from those
who clamored for his life, but at 11
o'clock, with the cries of the 100 or
more prisoners on the top floor of
the jail ringing in his ears, he was
compelled to surrender his prisoner.
Is Quickly Strung Up.
The latter was hustled to an electric light pole and hanged.
Trapped by the Blaze
For hours it was not known whether
Sheriff Clark and the prisoners were
alive or dead. There was no way
to get word in or out of the building.
Some faces, supposed to be tho.-e
cf deputies could occasionally be discerned through the obscuring smoke
at the windows and from time to
time the cries of the jai! prisoners
now imprisoned as well by flame and
smoke could be heard above the
shouts and cries of the mob.
Sheriff Clark i.s believed to have
surrendered Brown only when the
threat of death to his deputies lr-
came too menacing.
With this dispersal of the mob after the lynching, firemen were able
to get water on the flames, which it
was reported, were checked at the
flourth floor one story below the jail.
Washington. Sept. 29.—"President Ihis tour His idea apparently was
Wilson had a restless night but is I to finish his drive for ratification in
sleeping this morning, a bulletin'such a manner that world wide attention would be riviteed
issued by Dr. Gary T. Grayson, the
president's physician said today.
be riviteed on it, returning to Washington primed for a
"show down" on occeptance or rejection of the treaty. Illness prevented this climax. It was considered likely today he would take the
By Kl>. !_. kKEEL.
'(I'nited I .-ess Stall ("orre^pondaMit.)
I London, Sep! S9. Lr-ai Bid' tin
a nation with out transport?.t_ in. < ..'-
pected today that the next 48 houl
j would prove the most critical period
of the railway sli ike. Today aud tomorrow, it was believed, would sho »
v nether tha walkout would be i rokea
soon, or whether the nation would
have to face a long siege.
While all the strikers readily accepted the opportunity- for ■ wa^ok-
end holida. , it was beHered today
that many of them were becoming
disheartened over the public's no Mi-
Omaha, Sept. 29. — A lynching,
which developed many characteristics of a race riot, held this city terrorized for nine hours yesterday.
Several other persons are said to
have been killed. Some were injured.
An attempt to lynch Mayor Edward P. Smith was made by the mob
and he received serious injuries.
A rope was thrown around his
neck and he was violently pulled
twice before two police officers succeeded in cutting the rope and get-
i ting him into an automobile and
away from the mob.
The riot centered ahout the new
.county court house building, which
! was set on fire in the offers to reach
William Brown, a negro charged with
[attacking Agnee I.obect. a white girl,
, a few daya ago.
Many negroes were attacked and
beaten in the etreets.
With the flames mounting steadily
Ifrom floor to floor Sheriff Mike Clark
l. H. H0LZM1LLER
IS STR ICKEH FRESH MEN
-.aid were likely to resume work
The completeness of the govern-
| meat's plans has surprised the strik-
ers
The most disqueting feature of the
situation today was the posibility of;
a sympathetic strike by the transport federation, which will meet tonight. It is feared action may be
taken to join the dock workers' union in a general walkout.
The seamen's and firemen'.', union.
voting aeainst I strike, has declared
i' will remain loyal to the nation
ian.l iefea_»__M machinations of "the
iBolsheviki and hot-heads of the in
'dustrial world."
Only members of the president's
immediate family are permitted to
jsoe him. All appointments have been
cancelled and no others will be made, j first opportunity to make use of his
aceordlag to Secretary Tumulty. prize arguments by the issuance of
Dr. Grayson sai.J it is undecided , this statement,
i whether the president will leave | There was much talk today of the
! Washington to rest at some other j industrial conference scheduled for
plaee .October C. either being called off or
rcstponed.
Bf HIGH r, .M.I.IK Wilson's still holding to his posi-
(Cnited Platte Staff OssaasaeemSe nt.) .tion that the industrial situation can-
Washington. Sept. 29.—President |not permanently be stabilized and
Wilson, as soon as his health permits, ifood prices and taxes reduced until
is expected to issue a statement con- peace is established by treaty rat
taining f number of arguments for ification.
iratiflcatlon of the peace treaty which As soon as Dr Grayson permits,
bis break-down prevented him from | Wilson is expected to receive Gener
, making in speeches at Little Rock a! Pershing at the White House. He
;City, Memphis aad Louisville. lalso wants to see Cardinal Mercier
Before be became ill. it wa? learn- , The president expects to be sullied that he had "something up his ciently recovered to meet the king
sleeve—that he was saving ammuni- of the Belgians, and the prince of
tion for the concluding addresses of, wales in about a month.
The many friends of Mr L. H
Holzmiller of South Union street,
will be sorry to learn that he suffered a stroke of paralysis early on
Monday morning and is seriously ill.
The stroke affected his right side.
Mr Holzmiller has been in frail
health for some time but had been
able to go aouut and when he retired Sunday night seemed in his us-
iual health. When Mrs. Holzmiller
went to his bedside at about 5 o'clock Monday morning she found
that he had been stricken with paralysis. Hts condition Monday afternoon was reported to be as comfortable as coald be expected and
his host of friends are hoping for
i his speedy recovery.
1
HI in. m
The freshman "get together"
meeting at Kdwards gymnasium
was more spirited ana enjoyable
than any previous affair of the kind.
The size of the present freshman
class and their undeniable spirit
contributed not a little to this. The
usual progressive, grand march performed its ancient function of getting everyone acquainted and putting a body of almost complete
stranger son the basis of old ac
quaintance. Ruth Rodehavar sang j
several songs by request. "I'm For-;
ever Blowing Bubbles" and several,
others Several vaudeville per-!
fairmers from Columbus entertained
uproariously. Metzner of the oratory department gave several read-,
ings which were well received and
the inevitable "eats" concluded a
very enjoy ble evening. Freshmen:
at this affair became very well ac-'
'quainted indeed and those who be-,
came acquainted with this year's!
freshmen were all of the opinion!
itl.at our "yearlings" of 1923 are1
among the best wljo have been wel-j
corned to Wesleyan>s halls.
KIWANIS CLUB
MEETS TUES.
t-elr. bring him with >ou. Then notify the secretary.
Secretary Hughes of Columbus
writes that there will be eight or
ten members of the Columbus club
up to join in the festivities
hm _;ti:k\ ihi. from kirks
The Kiwanis club of Delaware
will hold a three ring meeting at Co_a___*_J O.. Sept 29.—Fourteen
,,.,___, . persons in Ohio died from fire and
the Allen hotel Tuesday evening at .
a were injured during August, ac-
6:15. This is expected to be ,.ori}jng to State Fire Marshal T.
the largest meeting in attendance oil in fire, carrying a lighted lan-
sir.ee vacation season is over, as it tern close to a wrecked gasoline car.
g ves every member an opportunity Us;n_r a lighted match to see how
to attend. much gasoline was in the auto tank.
"Dick" Bing and "Prexy" Hoff- and filling a lighted gasoline stove
man will be the speakers, while nceoaat for four of the deaths
Chairman Chas. Evans will give his
report and recommendations for the
fall festivities. "Jim" Driver, who
.... sells Insurance and looks after the
public safety of the city is expected *
The current issue of The Pet to give away several season tickets ♦
Stock Journal is in onr hands. We for tne world series between Cin-.»
jcbs.rve Mr. Frank Leake has an ar- *rlnnati and Ch-